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...place that the examinations, which are to give us the main part of our marks for the year, should all be placed at the end of the year when the weather is least suited for studying. In the Law School it is the custom, I believe, to allow men option of taking their examinations either in the summer or in the fall. Why cannot this custom be introduced into the college, in the case of all the lower class men. A man is expected to render an account of a year's work in three hours of the hottest weather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/9/1883 | See Source »

...local option movement in Virginia is assuming formidable proportions, and is creating serious alarm in certain political circles. The question will be made an important issue in the November election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 2/2/1882 | See Source »

...manner of playing has excited severe newspaper criticism. In comparing foot ball with other sports, one. English journal says: "We should hear of more casualities in the cricket field, for instance, if a sinewy fielder were allowed to trip up and throw a sparely-built batsman, or had the option of felling him to the ground by hurling a ball at his head; and there would be accidents innumerable in the hunting field if it was permissible for riders to endeavor to collide with each other when taking a brook or a fence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/4/1882 | See Source »

...been decided that the Bicycle Club uniform shall be gray jacket, cap, and knickerbockers, color of stockings at option of rider. New members may join the club, at 16 Little's Block. Members may obtain their keys to the rooms at Bartlett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

THERE is a rumor that instructors have it at their option to hold recitations or not on the three days preceding the semi-annuals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/24/1879 | See Source »

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